Music Appreciation

Modern Test
Name: Amiyah Duncan

1. First song:
a. Name​ west side story
b. Composer​ bernstein

2. Second song:
a. Name ​maple leaf flag
b. Composer ​joplin

3. Third song:
a. Name ​williams
b. Composer​ stars wars

4. ​The Modern time period was from (year) - ​1900 to present

5. This instrument is called a ​theremin

6. The Modern time period is characterized by

a. Pleasing harmonies
b. Complex rhythms
c. Greater use of string instruments
d. More lyrical melodies that former time periods

7. Who directed the New York Philharmonic for CBS?

 a. Orff
b. Joplin
c. Bernstein
d. Shostakovich

8. Who was known for writing Ragtime music?

a. Joplin
b. Cage
c. Orff
d. Copland
9. Who is best known for his “American” style, because he included Jazz in orchestral
pieces?
a. Joplin
b. Copland
c. Zimmer
d. Stravinsky

10. Which composer worked with his brother (a lyricist) to write for Broadway?
a. Stravinsky
b. Debussy
c. Williams
d. Gershwin

11. Who got the only “A” in conducting that the professor ever gave?
a. Cage
b. Bernstein
c. Copland
d. Williams

12. Which composer lived in Russia and followed the strict laws to write music
a. Copland
b. Shostakovich
c. Stravinsky
d. Cage

13. Who was the top French composer for 10 years writing impressionistic music?
a. Bernstein
b. Debussy
c. Copland
d. Stravinsky
14. Who was arrested for rearranging the National Anthem?
a. Bernstein
b. Debussy
c. Stravinsky
d. Williams

15. Who wrote the piece of music that put the audience in an uproar almost causing a riot?
a. Zimmer
b. Stravinsky
c. Joplin
d. Cage
16. Which composer was ¼ Jewish, but became a part of the Nazi party, later to fabricate
evidence that he was anti-Nazi?
a. Orff
b. Bernstein
c. Shostakovich
d. Williams

17. Which composer began by writing music for commercials, then was part of a rock band,
then finally wrote for films?
a. Stravinsky
b. Zimmer
c. Joplin
d. Gershwin

18. Who wrote this piece of music?

a. Cage
b. Shostakovich
c. Bernstein
d. Gershwin

19. Which composer has been writing movie music for over 6 decades?
 a. Zimmer
b. Gershwin
c. Williams
d. Orff

20. Who wrote a piece of music that was completely silent?

a. Orff
b. Williams
c. Debussy
d. Cage

21. Name a piece of music by Bernstein.

west side story
22. Name a piece of music by Copland.
rodeo
23. Name a piece of music by Gershwin.
rhapsody in blue
24. Name a piece of music by Joplin.
maple leaf flag

25. Name a piece of music by Shostakovich.

piano concert no.2

26. Name a piece of music by John Williams.

star wars
27. Name a piece of music by Stravinsky.
firebird suite

28. Name a piece of music by Debussy.

clair de lune
29. Name a piece of music by John Cage.
4’33”

30. Name a piece of music by Hans Zimmer.

the lion king